Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigorʹevich, 1876-1951

Russian dancer, and choreographer responsible for bringing knowledge of Russian ballet to the West, Sergeev was with the Mariinsky Theatre (1894-1918) as soloist, stage manager, and régisseur. In the West, he revived ballets from the Mariinsky repertoire using the choreographic notations he had brought with him.

From the description of Nikolai Sergeev dance notations and music scores for ballets, 1888-1944 (inclusive), 1902-1931 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612379533

Nikolai Grigor´evich Sergeev [Николай Григорьевич Сергеев] was a dancer, choreographer, and régisseur of the Mariinsky Ballet from 1894 to 1918. He developed interest in dance notation around 1897, when he served as an assistant to choreographer Alexander Gorskii, who was also teacher of the theory and notation of dance at the Theatre school. Gorski had revised the system created by another Theatre school teacher, Vladimir Stepanov, in 1891. The system was used for notations of ballets from the repertory of the Mariinsky Ballet undertaken by the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres and supervised by Sergeev. When he left Russia after the October revolution, Sergeev brought the notations with him to the West. He used them between 1921 and 1951 to restage Russian ballets for European companies.

From the guide to the Nikolai Sergeev dance notations and music scores for ballets, 1888-1944 (inclusive), 1902-1931 (bulk)., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Sergeev was a Russian ballet dancer, notator, and manager of the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theatre (1903-1918), after which he emigrated to the United States, taking with him the ballet archive.

From the description of Choreographic and music scores for the ballet Swan lake, 1905-1924 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79359975

From the guide to the Choreographic and music scores for the ballet Swan lake, 1905-1924 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)